Scott Simpson · Poetry
Change the World by Being Yourself
Use For Kindling · source pages 64, 65
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Change the World by Being Yourself
Treopia never shouted.
She listened, traveled,
Source page 65
told stories. She stood
where people couldn’t
see clearly and
opened a window.
She didn’t invent anything
new— just said again
what her mother told her:
You’ll like people of all races.
You’ll like some less.
That’s not the point.
The point is, we are more
alike than we know,
and becoming ourselves
is the first brave act
toward change.
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